New assisted living facility planned for Panama City Beach

Seagrass Village is an assisted living facility planned for Richard Jackson Boulevard near Back Beach Road (U.S. 98).

Special to The News Herald

By RANDAL YAKEY / The News Herald

Published: Monday, April 1, 2013 at 09:26 PM.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — A new assisted living facility is being planned for Richard Jackson Boulevard.

Seagrass Village, which is slated for construction near Back Beach Road (U.S. 98), is under development by the Sage Enterprises Group and Superior Residences and slated to open late next year, according to company officials.

The facility will feature 90 units with 118 beds. Twenty units with 30 beds will be constructed as a “memory care unit,” which Assisted Living Today describes as a specialty unit that deals with patients with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.

The remaining 70 units will be “upscale apartments” for residents who require assisted living services. A beauty shop, physical therapy services, and spacious activity and socializing areas will be offered on-site, according to the group.

Sage Enterprise Group is a Panama City Beach-based developer which owns and operates hotels in Northwest Florida from Tallahassee to Pensacola. Florida-based Superior Residences Inc. has facilities from Ft. Myers to Niceville.

“We are pleased to partner with Superior Residences, an experienced provider of assisted living services, to develop a high quality assisted living facility for the Panama City Beach area,” Harry Patel, president of the Sage Enterprise Group, said in a prepared statement.

PANAMA CITY BEACH — A new assisted living facility is being planned for Richard Jackson Boulevard.

Seagrass Village, which is slated for construction near Back Beach Road (U.S. 98), is under development by the Sage Enterprises Group and Superior Residences and slated to open late next year, according to company officials.

The facility will feature 90 units with 118 beds. Twenty units with 30 beds will be constructed as a “memory care unit,” which Assisted Living Today describes as a specialty unit that deals with patients with dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.

The remaining 70 units will be “upscale apartments” for residents who require assisted living services. A beauty shop, physical therapy services, and spacious activity and socializing areas will be offered on-site, according to the group.

Sage Enterprise Group is a Panama City Beach-based developer which owns and operates hotels in Northwest Florida from Tallahassee to Pensacola. Florida-based Superior Residences Inc. has facilities from Ft. Myers to Niceville.

“We are pleased to partner with Superior Residences, an experienced provider of assisted living services, to develop a high quality assisted living facility for the Panama City Beach area,” Harry Patel, president of the Sage Enterprise Group, said in a prepared statement.

Construction of the facility is expected to begin later this year.

“The partnership is exactly the model we’d like to see,” said Don Bishop, president of Superior’s management group. “There is a strong local commitment to a project combined with our experience as a provider of assisted living services. It is important to us that we are able to provide high quality services to this deserving area.”